When buying mackerel, remember to distinguish between "yellow tail" and "black tail", the taste is very different, and the wrong meat is fishy

Fish, many people like, I don't like to eat beef, pork, but I can't put down fish, which is tender and delicious. For connoisseurs, each season, will choose a different fish to eat, for example, in spring, it is most suitable to eat mackerel, delicious meat fat.

There are also many ways to do mackerel, mackerel dumplings, mackerel balls, these two are actually very delicious, but it seems that only coastal people, will do, if you haven't tried it, recommend friends worth trying. Pan-fried mackerel and braised mackerel are relatively common, and the taste is also very good.

However, sometimes, many friends feel that the mackerel they make is far inferior to the one in the restaurant. You will be very frustrated, think that your cooking skills are not good, in fact, the mackerel is not delicious, in addition to the cooking skills, there is another reason.

There are also types of mackerel, "yellowtail" or "blacktail" which one will you choose? If you choose the wrong one, it is easy to have a heavy smell of meat and wood.

【Choice of mackerel】

First of all, Blacktail:

Although whether it is yellow or black, it belongs to mackerel, but their species are different, and the black-tailed one is considered a real mackerel. The overall shape is slender, the color of the back is blue-black, and the color of the belly is gray. Its eyes are also smaller and round.

This fish, its meat quality is relatively fat, the taste is also very delicious, small spines are relatively few, the most recommended to buy this fish, that is, black-tailed mackerel.

Let's talk about the yellow tail:

Its name, called mackerel, the overall shape, is relatively rounded, especially the belly area is more rounded. It has a bluish-black back and a yellowish belly color.

The taste of this kind of mackerel, far less than the above, its meat quality is relatively coarse, how to make it is not tender, and the taste is relatively heavy, fishy smell is relatively large, difficult to remove, if you want to eat mackerel, this is not recommended.

【Fishy tips for mackerel】

Even if it is a black-tailed mackerel, its fishy smell is there, after all, is it fish meat, this is normal, but if you want to completely remove it and make the fish smell stronger, you have to master the trick. To fish the mackerel, I have mastered 2 tips, let's learn it together.

1. Marinate the mackerel with pepper, cooking wine, green onion and ginger for ten minutes in advance, so that part of the fishy smell can be removed.

2. After marinating the mackerel and before cooking, you also need to fry it in oil until golden brown on both sides, and the fishy smell has almost disappeared.